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NO- 5761391. Patented Feb. 2r, 189|?.

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THOMAS G. BENNETT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE VINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, OE SAME PLACE.

PERCUSSION-CAP CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,391, dated February 2, 1897. Application filed October 26, 1896. Serial No. 616,023. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may con/ecrit:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. BENNETT, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Percussion-Cap Cards; and I do hereby` declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descripio tion of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specilication, and represent, in

Figure I, a plan View of a percussion-cap card formed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, an edge view thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional View; Fig. 4, a similar view without the retaining-sheet; Figs. 5, 6, 7 and S, views corresponding to Figs. l, 2, 3, and i, but showing the application of the invention 2o to a card for percussion-caps of the primer type.

My invention relates to an improved holder for percussion-caps, whether the same be nipple-caps, such as are employed in percussion-lock guns, or primers, which are introduced into the heads of center-fire cartridges, the object of my invention being to provide simple, convenient, and safe means for carrying percussion-caps, and more particularly to 3o permit them to be readily counted and retailed in any desired numbers and to facilitate their individual use.

lVith these ends in View my invention consists in a new article of manufacture consisting of a percussion-cap card` having certain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. In carrying out my invention I have shown .in Figs. l to 4, inclusive, its application to 4o nipple percussion-caps A, which may be of any approved construction. They are inserted friction-tight into cylindrical holes or cells B, formed in and extending transversely through a square card B', formed of pasteboard or other material and equaling or exceeding in thickness the length of the caps, which are therefore protected against endwise concussion and accidental explosion. The said cells are arranged side by sidein 5o closely contiguous parallel rows. Underthis arrangement the maximum number of cells may be formed in a card of given size, whereby the card is adapted to contain the vmaximum number of caps. I have spoken of the card as being of pasteboard, as I prefer .that 5 5 material, but the cards might be formed of any other material or` composition, such, for instance, as papier-mache or allied composition, or leather, wood, dac.

Preferably the card will be virtually quar- 6o tered by tearing-lines B2, along which it is weakened so that it can be readily torn, the quarters thus removed being of very convenient size. If desired, the quarters may be still further divided up along weakened 'tear- 65 ing-lines, such as indicated by B3 B3; or the quarters may be made without tearing-lines and may be cut up, as with a sharp knife.

I may rely alone onfrction for holding the caps in place, or I may paste a retaining-sheet 7o C over one face of the card, whereby all the holes or cells therein are closed at one end. The holes or cells, and thereforethe caps, being regularly arranged, theyT are very readily counted, and as the cards are easily 7 5 di vided it becomes an easy matter to count the caps and sell any desired number of them at retail. Also, the ease of counting the caps and removing any desired number from the card is of very great convenience to the user 8o who may wish to take so many, and only so many, out with him for any special purpose. Thus the user of the caps may tear off a quarter of a card, or cut or tear off less than a` quarter of a card and thrust the card f'rag- 85 ment containing the caps into his pocket, in which they will be kept in place andready for his convenient use of them.

In case the fingers are stiif or clumsy or cold the sportsman will find it very easy to 9o take the whole card or the fragments which he has and employ it in a sense as a handle by which to apply one cap to the nipple of the firearm, after which,by pulling the card or fragment away, he leaves the cap in position upon the nipple, inasmuch as the friction between the nipple and thel cap is greater than the friction between the cap and the card; or if the user prefers to apply the caps with his fingers it is an easy matter for him xoo to push the individual caps out of their cells by applying slight pressure by any convenient object to the closed ends of the caps', causing them to emerge from the opposite face of the card. I prefer to employ the retaining-sheet, as that somewhat strengthens the card and holds the caps more securely in place; but I do not'necessarily employ it, as friction alone may be safely relied upon to hold the caps in their place. Thus in Fig. l the retaining-sheet is dispensed with.

Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, show primers l), of any approved construction, located in cells E, regularly arranged and extending trans versely through a square card F, which may be of any approved form and material, but which must equal or exceed in thickness the length of the primers, so that they will be well protected. This card, by preference, will also have weakened tearing-lines F' and be provided with a retaining-sheet G, though that may be dispensed with, as indicated in Fig. S. I may also mention that inasmuch .as caps located in cards in the manner set forth are very readily counted the buyer can tell at a glance whether lie is getting the full number or not, whereas if he buys in bulk he cannot be so certain of this.

I am aware that a percussion-cap holder containing cells for the individual caps is old, and also that it is old to make sheets of postage-stamps with weakened tearing-lines between the individual stamps to facilitate ltheir separation.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a percussion-cap card formed with a plurality of capretaining cells arranged side by side in closely contiguous parallel rows, extending transversely through the card, adapted in size to frictionally retain the caps in them and equaling or exceeding the length of the caps, the said card also being formed with one or more weakened tearing-lines providing for its di- Vision into smaller units, and having a retaining-sheet applied to one side of it to close one end of all of the cells.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

THOMAS G. BENNETT.

Titnessesz DANIEL H. VEADER, THOMAS C. JOHNSON. 

